Unit 1: The Design Process: Why we need a design process and how we use it in to become a professional designer.

Unit 1.1 An introduction to Graphic Design and all the areas a forums it involves. We will then study the design process, how to be successful at graphic design and helpful tips to becoming a great designer.

Beauty in terms of art refers to an interaction between line, color, texture, sound, shape, motion, and size that is pleasing to all of the senses. When people talk about “good” or “bad” design they’re referring to notions of quality that they've picked up from both education and experience. Sometimes those notions are aesthetic (asymmetry is more beautiful than symmetry) and sometimes functional (how it's used).

Exercise: Make a list of 5 things you think are "beautiful" and 5 things you think are "unappealing". The reason you think those things are "beautiful" is because you have a direct emotional response to them. God created beautiful things because he has the desire to relate to them, or have a relationship with the, to LOVE THEM. He created all things because he thinks they are Good. When we feel a sense of appreciation, wanted, beautiful, accepted, etc, we are experiencing the raw form of aesthetics. In those exact moments, our emotions and our understanding of what Good and Beauty are collide and we feel complete.

1.3 There are two types of computer graphics:

Raster graphics, where each pixel is separately defined (as in a digital photograph)We use photoshop to edit photos.

Vector graphics, where mathematical formulas and geometric points, lines, curves an shapes are used to draw and represent images in computer graphics. Illustrator helps us make vector images